| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Barnsley | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Hull City | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Leeds United | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||